Shloka 11

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 73 — Kr̥ṣṇa’s Appraisal of Bhīma’s Altered Temper and Reaffirmation of Martial Resolve

Devanagari script

अष्टादशेमे राजान: प्रख्याता मधुसूदन । ये समुच्चिच्छिदुर्जातीन्‌ सुहृदश्च॒ सबान्धवान्‌,श्रीकृष्ण! आगे बताये जानेवाले ये अठारह विख्यात नरेश हैं, जिन्होंने बन्धु- बान्धवोंसहित कुट॒म्बीजनों तथा हितैषी सुहृदोंका संहार कर डाला था

Transliteration

aṣṭādaśeme rājānaḥ prakhyātā madhusūdana | ye samuccicchidur jātīn suhṛdaś ca sabāndhavān ||

Translation

Bhīma sagte: „O Madhusūdana, dies sind die achtzehn berühmten Könige—Männer, die ihre eigenen Sippen gänzlich ausrotteten und sogar ihre wohlmeinenden Freunde, mitsamt deren Verwandten, niedermetzelten.“

Word by Word

• अष्टादश: eighteen
• अष्टादश: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टादश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इमे: these
• इमे: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजानः: kings
• राजानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रख्याताः: well-known, renowned
• प्रख्याताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रख्यात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मधुसूदन: O slayer of Madhu (Krishna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समुच्चिच्छिदुः: they cut off completely; exterminated
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उत् + छिद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural

• जातीन्: lineages, clans, peoples
• जातीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• सुहृदः: well-wishers, friends
• सुहृदः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• स: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स

• बान्धवान्: kinsmen, relatives
• बान्धवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

भीम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīma
• Kṛṣṇa
• Madhusūdana
• eighteen kings (unnamed in this verse)